Attendance

A perennial college football powerhouse, OU Football draws massive crowds to its games, both at home and on the road.

Attendance Records

Five of the 10 largest home crowds in Oklahoma football history were recorded during the 2017 season including (1) 88,308 for TCU.

Home Game Attendance

Attendance

Game

Date

1. 88,308

(5) Oklahoma 38, (6) TCU 20

November 11, 2017

2. 87,979

(3) Ohio State 45, (14) Oklahoma 24

September 17, 2016

3. 87,527

(9) Oklahoma 38, (10) Oklahoma State 20

December 3, 2016

4. 87,037

(14) Oklahoma 59, ULM 17

September 10, 2016

5. 86,309

(10) Oklahoma 49, Texas Tech 27

October 28, 2017

6. 86,301

(16) Oklahoma 56, Kansas 3

October 29, 2016

7. 86,290

(2) Oklahoma 56, Tulane 14

September 16, 2017

8. 86,249

(9) Oklahoma 45, (25) Baylor 24

November 12, 2016

9. 86,117

(4) Oklahoma 59, West Virginia 31

November 25, 2017

10. 86,019

(7) Oklahoma 56, UTEP 7

September 2, 2017

Some of the largest crowds to see an Oklahoma football game in person often occur at the annual Red River Rivalry OU-Texas game with the expanded Cotton Bowl seating more than 96,000 fans in Dallas.

Highest Attended Games

Attendance

Game

Location

Date

1. 109,088

(5) Oklahoma 31, (2) Ohio State 16

Columbus, Ohio

09/09/17

2. 102,455

(19) Oklahoma 31, (23) Tennessee 24 (2OT)

Knoxville, Tenn.

09/12/15

3. 96,009

(3) Oklahoma 55, (11) Texas 17

Dallas, Texas

10/01/11

96,009

(8) Oklahoma 28, (21) Texas 20

Dallas, Texas

10/02/10

96,009

(3) Texas 16, (20) Oklahoma 13

Dallas, Texas

10/17/09

6. 93,552

(12) Oklahoma 29, Texas 24

Dallas, Texas

10/14/17

7. 92,844

(3) Georgia 54, (2) Oklahoma 48 (2OT)

Pasadena, Calif.

01/01/17

8. 92,500

Texas 36, (12) Oklahoma 20

Dallas, Texas

10/12/13

92,500

(13) Oklahoma 63, (15) Texas 21

Dallas, Texas

10/13/12

10. 92,182

(5) Texas 45, (1) Oklahoma 35

Dallas, Texas

10/11/08

Yearly Attendance

OU compiled a 101-9 record at home (.918) under Bob Stoops throughout his 18-year tenure as head coach, wih more Big XII Championships (10) than home losses. Now, Coach Riley continues this success with a 5-1 home record in his first season last year. Not coincidentally, the Sooners hold a 116-game home sellout streak.

OU Season Attendance

Home Avg.

Games

Season

Home Record

Overall Record

1. 86,857

6

2016

5-1

11-2

2. 86,520

6

2017

5-1

12-2

3. 85,356

6

2015

6-0

11-2

4. 85,243

6

2012

4-2

10-3

5. 85,162

6

2014

3-3

8-5

6. 85,161

6

2011

5-1

10-3

7. 85,075

6

2008

6-0

12-2

8. 84,858

7

2007

7-0

11-3

9. 84,778

6

2009

6-0

8-5

10. 84,738

6

2010

6-0

12-2

Oklahoma ranked No. 12 in average home attendance for the 2017 season at 86,520. The Sooners operated at 104% capacity with a total attendance of more than half a million for six home games in Norman.